Karl Dilthey

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Karl Dilthey

Karl Dilthey (born March 18, 1839 in Biebrich , † March 4, 1907 in Göttingen ) was a German classical philologist and classical archaeologist .

Life

Karl Dilthey was born in 1839 into a Calvinist family of preachers. His father was Maximilian Dilthey (1804–1867), a Nassau court preacher in Biebrich, his mother was Maria Laura Heuschkel (1810–1887), daughter of the ducal conductor in Hildburghausen Johann Peter Heuschkel (1773–1853). His brother Wilhelm was a philosopher, his sister Caroline was married to the philologist Hermann Usener .

After studying at the Universities of Breslau and Bonn , Dilthey went on research trips to Greece. Until 1866/67 he was a private lecturer in Bonn. From 1867 to 1869 he worked in Rome and then followed a call to professor of classical philology and archeology at the University of Zurich . In 1878 he moved to Göttingen to the chair for classical philology. In 1889 he became Professor of Classical Archeology, succeeding Friedrich Wieseler . After Wieseler's death in 1892 he became director of the university's archaeological-numismatic collections and was accepted as a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

After his death, Gustav Körte was appointed as his successor.

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